The Colombian government’s resolve to resume some advertising aviation operations is well received by industry, but as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country is increasing, the Colombian government will be on the lookout for the resumption of advertising flights.
It is difficult to know how demand in Colombia will be temporarily recovered, as the country’s advertising aviation sector has been closed for nearly six months.
Prior to the pandemic, Colombia was the third largest aviation market in Latin America, Brazil and Mexico, and the country’s airlines certainly hope to ensure that Colombia maintains its prestige in Latin American aviation.
Summary
Commercial aviation in Colombia has been closed since March 2020, when many Latin American countries chose to avoid advertising flights to prevent it from spreading COVID-19.
But the region remains a hot spot for COVID-19: Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Colombia are among the ten most sensitive countries with the number of epidemics. The number of cases shown in Colombia now far exceeds 500,000.
In recent weeks, the industry has prompted Colombia and other countries in the region to resume advertising flights. IATA noted that land buses can operate in Colombia, “so aviation will have to have this option.
See similar report: Will 2VD 19. La Colombia will listen to calls to reactivate its airspace?
IATA recently said it welcomed the announcement through Colombia’s President Ivon Duque Marquez that 15 of the country’s airports would reopen in September 2020, the country’s main gateway, Bogota International.
“While this is the first step towards complete reopening, we call on the government to keep channels of communication with industry open to enable us to initiate the procedure for reviving foreign flights,” said Peter Cerd, IATA’s regional vice president. .
IATA said the industry had demonstrated that there were all safeguards to revive the industry by transporting 70,000 passengers who had traveled in the last five months on humanitarian flights and at the first address between Bucaramanga and C-cutea, which included 1,000 passengers.
“There are still several unrest to be resolved soon, however, aviation will take off back in Colombia. This will allow our industry to be one of the pillars of the country’s economic recovery from the pandemic,” Cerdá said.
It turns out that the Colombian government is taking a cautious technique to reopen advertising aviation.
El Tiempo quoted the President of Colombia, Ivón Duque Márquez, saying: “Throughout September 2020, we will practice the behavior of the pandemic, what prevention measures are like, how prevention protocols are developed”.
Knowledge of CapA and OAG shows that seats at Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport will move from the rear from September 2020, when Colombia begins to resume air service.
Colombia’s two largest airlines, Avianca and LATAM Airlines Colombia, are recently restructuring from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
LATAM said it plans to resume flights on September 1, 2020 and OAG that the airline will resume flights from Bogota to Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena and Medellin, and during September-2020 LATAM will add frequencies to those routes.
The country’s third largest operator, LCC Viva Air Colombia, welcomes the resumption of flights. Viva Air Group CEO Felix Antelo recently stated in his LinkedIn account that Viva Air Colombia would restart operations on September 1, 2020, noting that “it’s time to fly Colombia regardless it has arrived. “
CAPA’s sister publication, Routes Online, reported that in addition to the resumption of domestic flights, Viva Air Colombia added foreign flights from Bogota to Lima, and from Medellin to Lima and Miami.
In September 2020, Avianca will also add a return service from its largest center in Bogota and, according to OAG schedules, also plans to operate foreign flights from Bogota to Punta Cana, Quito, Mexico City, Miami, New York JFK, Panama City. TocumenArray Aruba, Cancun, Sao Paulo, Guayaquil and Madrid.
The number of passengers in Colombia expanded to a stable speed before the pandemic. Knowledge of the Colombian government shows that the country recorded an expansion of passengers from about 7% in 2019, to 45 million passengers; however, in the first six months of 2020, only 10 million passengers traveled by air.
It will take some time for demand in Colombia to recover. Reuters recently reported that qualifier Fitch expects Colombia’s economy to contract by 7% in 2020 and that the country could lose its investment rating. Fitch expects a 5% economic expansion in Colombia. 2021.
One of the points driving the expansion forged in the number of passengers in Colombia in recent years is an average elegance in development that has benefited from a more discretionary source of income for air travel. The average elegance of the country could take some time to rebuild their respective coffers. As is the case in other parts of the world, Colombia’s aviation industry will need to talk firmly about the steps it takes to reassure passengers and alleviate any anxiety consumers may have about air travel.
Airlines in Colombia and around the world are running into a new truth as COVID-19 continues to disrupt the industry.
Colombian traders are certainly pleased with the opportunity to restart services, but they do not see the fact that trend demand will remain highly unpredictable for the foreseeable future.
The Colombian government’s resolve to resume some advertising aviation operations is well received by industry, but as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country is increasing, the Colombian government will be on the lookout for the resumption of advertising flights.
It is difficult to know how demand in Colombia will temporarily recover, given that the country’s advertising aviation sector has been closed for almost six months.
Before the pandemic, Colombia was the third-largest aviation market in Latin America, Brazil, and Mexico, and the country’s airlines undoubtedly hope to ensure that Colombia maintains its prestige in Latin American aviation.
Summary
Commercial aviation in Colombia has been closed since March 2020, when many Latin American countries chose to stop advertising flights to prevent it from spreading COVID-19.
But the region remains a focus of COVID-19: Brazil, Peru, Mexico and Colombia are among the ten most sensitive countries with the number of epidemics. The number of instances shown in Colombia now far exceeds 500,000.
COVID-19 case: in Colombia, February-2020 to August-2020
Source: CAPA – Center for Aviation and HDX – The Humanitarian Data Exchange
In recent weeks, the industry has prompted Colombia and other countries in the region to resume advertising flights. IATA noted that land buses can operate in Colombia, “so aviation will have to have this option. “
See similar report: Will 2VD 19. La Colombia will listen to calls to reactivate its airspace?
IATA recently said it welcomed the announcement through Colombia’s President Ivon Duque Marquez that 15 of the country’s airports would reopen in September 2020, the country’s main gateway, Bogota International.
“While this is the first step towards complete reopening, we call on the government to keep open channels of communication with industry that will allow us to initiate the procedure for reviving foreign flights,” said Peter Cerd, IATA’s regional vice president. .
IATA said the industry had demonstrated that there were all safeguards to revive the industry by transporting 70,000 passengers who had traveled in the last five months on humanitarian flights and at the first address between Bucaramanga and C-cutea, which included 1,000 passengers.
“There are still several unrest to be resolved soon, however, aviation will take off back in Colombia. This will allow our industry to be one of the pillars of the country’s economic recovery from the pandemic,” Cerdá said.
It turns out that the Colombian government is taking a cautious technique to reopen advertising aviation.
El Tiempo quoted the President of Colombia, Ivón Duque Márquez, saying: “Throughout September 2020, we will practice the behavior of the pandemic, what prevention measures are like, how prevention protocols are developed”.
Knowledge of CapA and OAG shows that seats at Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport will move from the rear from September 2020, when Colombia begins to resume air service.
Bogota El Dorado International Airport: projections from August 10, 2020 to August 24, 2020
Source: CAPA – Aviation Center and OAG.
Colombia’s two largest airlines, Avianca and LATAM Airlines Colombia, are recently restructuring from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.
LATAM said it plans to resume flights on September 1, 2020 and OAG that the airline will resume flights from Bogota to Barranquilla, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena and Medellin, and during September-2020 LATAM will add frequencies to those routes.
The country’s third largest operator, LCC Viva Air Colombia, welcomes the resumption of flights. Viva Air Group CEO Felix Antelo recently stated in his LinkedIn account that Viva Air Colombia would restart operations on September 1, 2020, noting that “it’s time to fly Colombia regardless it has arrived. “
CAPA’s sister publication, Routes Online, reported that in addition to the resumption of domestic flights, Viva Air Colombia added foreign flights from Bogota to Lima, and from Medellin to Lima and Miami.
In September 2020, Avianca will also add a return service from its largest center in Bogota and, according to OAG schedules, also plans to operate foreign flights from Bogota to Punta Cana, Quito, Mexico City, Miami, New York JFK, Panama City TocumenArray Aruba, Cancun, Sao Paulo, Guayaquil and Madrid.
The number of passengers in Colombia expanded to a stable speed before the pandemic. Knowledge of the Colombian government shows that the country recorded an expansion of passengers from about 7% in 2019, to 45 million passengers; however, in the first six months of 2020, only 10 million passengers traveled by air.
It’ll take time for the call in Colombia to recover. Reuters recently reported that rating firm Fitch expects Colombia’s economy to contract by 7% in 2020 and that the country could lose its investment rating. Fitch expects a 5% economic expansion in Colombia in 2021.
One of the points driving the expansion forged in the number of passengers in Colombia in recent years is an average elegance in development that has benefited from a more discretionary source of income for air travel. The average elegance of the country could take some time to rebuild their respective coffers. As is the case in other parts of the world, Colombia’s aviation industry will need to talk firmly about the steps it takes to reassure passengers and alleviate any anxiety consumers may have about air travel.
Airlines in Colombia and around the world are running into a new truth as COVID-19 continues to disrupt the industry.
Colombian traders are certainly pleased with the opportunity to restart services, but they do not see the fact that trends will remain very unpredictable for the foreseeable future.